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Invisible wrote:
> Mike Raiford wrote:
>
>> Paint it black and put yellow racing stripes on it. Black paint is 10%
>> faster, and yellow racing stripes give it a 50% speed boost.
>
> LOL!
>
> Hey, do you remember the old PCs that used to have a "turbo button" on
> the front? Why the **** would you ever turn that off?! o_O
>
Old Games. Programmers used to rely on the fact that the processor ran
at a brisk 4mhz, 12+mhz caused the game to run too fast to be playable.
>> You could get another 20% buy cramming the case full of high-intensity
>> blue LEDs.
>
> No need; the case fans already have two blue LEDs that light up the room
> sufficiently for photopic vision. :-P
No, you must cram it full of LEDs! Not only does it need to be bright to
get the speed gain, but it has to be blindingly bright. Because
Blindingly bright = Blindingly fast, you see.
for an extra 15% add a few fans with a flashing multi-color light
show. You know the kind ...
--
~Mike
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>> Hey, do you remember the old PCs that used to have a "turbo button" on
>> the front? Why the **** would you ever turn that off?! o_O
>
> Old Games. Programmers used to rely on the fact that the processor ran
> at a brisk 4mhz, 12+mhz caused the game to run too fast to be playable.
WTF? Why would they - oh, wait... CSS malfunctions if you play it on a
dual-core CPU. (Something to do with directly accessing the CPU's
realtime timer - which, obviously, is different on each core!)
> No, you must cram it full of LEDs! Not only does it need to be bright to
> get the speed gain, but it has to be blindingly bright. Because
> Blindingly bright = Blindingly fast, you see.
>
> for an extra 15% add a few fans with a flashing multi-color light
> show. You know the kind ...
But of course, for Ultimate Speed you must use ultraviolet, together
with components containing inks that will respond to it...
(Seriously, you can buy cooling fluid that costs extra because it
floureses under UV. WTF?)
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Invisible wrote:
>>> Hey, do you remember the old PCs that used to have a "turbo button"
>>> on the front? Why the **** would you ever turn that off?! o_O
>>
>> Old Games. Programmers used to rely on the fact that the processor ran
>> at a brisk 4mhz, 12+mhz caused the game to run too fast to be playable.
>
> WTF? Why would they - oh, wait... CSS malfunctions if you play it on a
> dual-core CPU. (Something to do with directly accessing the CPU's
> realtime timer - which, obviously, is different on each core!)
>
Well, way back in the dark ages, they didn't really expect the CPU clock
speed to change, so their timings were based on how fast the processor
executes instructions. Of course, when faster systems started coming
out, they had to change their timing strategy.
CSS failing on a dual-core is probably due more to race conditions, or
other synchronization issues.
>
> But of course, for Ultimate Speed you must use ultraviolet, together
> with components containing inks that will respond to it...
>
> (Seriously, you can buy cooling fluid that costs extra because it
> floureses under UV. WTF?)
You could use your computer to light up your 1960s vintage velvet posters
--
~Mike
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>> WTF? Why would they - oh, wait... CSS malfunctions if you play it on a
>> dual-core CPU. (Something to do with directly accessing the CPU's
>> realtime timer - which, obviously, is different on each core!)
>
> Well, way back in the dark ages, they didn't really expect the CPU clock
> speed to change, so their timings were based on how fast the processor
> executes instructions. Of course, when faster systems started coming
> out, they had to change their timing strategy.
Heh. Delay loops FTW! :-/
> CSS failing on a dual-core is probably due more to race conditions, or
> other synchronization issues.
Well, it doesn't actually "fail", it just runs irregularly. As in, you
get an even higher framerate than normal, but it looks visually jerky.
(Or it did. They've fixed it now.) You used to have to manually set the
processor affinity to fix it.
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Woo! I just found a Sun server that costs more than my house! :-D
(OTOH, it *does* have 64 quad-core SPARC-64 VII processors in it...)
Looks like it's bigger than my entire server rack too. Cute.
At the other end of the scale, it appears that Sun now sell ordinary
desktop systems capable of running normal desktop software. They look
pretty, and they're not *especially* expensive either. (Like, a few
hundred pounds for an Intel Core 2 Quad system.)
Also... Somebody pointed out a website where you can select and
configure your own PC. It's not a very *good* site (e.g., you can't see
the prices for individual components, only the final unit, you can't
select all that many options, many things aren't documented very much,
etc.) But it's strangely addictive trying out various combinations of
components.
Sometimes you just want to see how much stuff you can cram into the box
without going over budget. And other times you just have to select the
biggest, baddest mutha you can, just to see what the hell the price tag
comes out at.
FREAKING NICE PC. ;-)
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> Every time I turn out to a clan meeting, everybody brings along their
> uber-gaming rig. You know the kind of thing - insanely over-styled
> casing with big transparent windows, fans that light up, internal case
> lighting, elaborate watercooling systems with polished chrome fans,
> multiple graphics cards the size of a car, high-capacity HDs in
> front-loading hot-swap drive bays, etc etc.
I don't understand the appeal of churning out lots of money to turn a
hammer into a kitsch object.
But then again, computer to a layman is nothing but a gateway to games,
music and video -- with some office software used to spellcheck emails
to justify the price as opposed to a mere games console. Beautiful
keyboard, mouse, monitor and casing are far more important than whatever
is on the inside -- the computer itself...
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Invisible escreveu:
> Mike Raiford wrote:
>> You could get another 20% buy cramming the case full of high-intensity
>> blue LEDs.
>
> No need; the case fans already have two blue LEDs that light up the room
> sufficiently for photopic vision. :-P
I thought the blue leds were for cooling. ;)
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nemesis wrote:
> But then again, computer to a layman is nothing but a gateway to games,
> music and video -- with some office software used to spellcheck emails
> to justify the price as opposed to a mere games console. Beautiful
> keyboard, mouse, monitor and casing are far more important than whatever
> is on the inside -- the computer itself...
I miss the days of the nondescript beige box.
--
~Mike
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Mike Raiford wrote:
> nemesis wrote:
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>> But then again, computer to a layman is nothing but a gateway to
>> games, music and video -- with some office software used to spellcheck
>> emails to justify the price as opposed to a mere games console.
>> Beautiful keyboard, mouse, monitor and casing are far more important
>> than whatever is on the inside -- the computer itself...
Yeah, it does seem that way.
A bit like those people who buy a Vaxhaul Nova and then try to make it
look like a Ferrari.
> I miss the days of the nondescript beige box.
Well you needn't! Just work for your local council. I'm sure *they*
still have green-screen terminals aplenty! ;-)
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"Invisible" <voi### [at] dev null> wrote in message
news:4976f242$1@news.povray.org...
> why don't they just make cases out of copper??)
Too heavy and very soft.
~Steve~
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